Marshalltown power outage: City Power reports full supply restored
City Power reports full electricity supply restored to the affected Central Substation areas: Marshalltown, parts of Inner City, Selby, Selby West, Selby East and Selby Central. Its 1 November 2026 update follows earlier staged reconnection. The operator statement establishes reported recovery for those named areas; it is not an independent check of electricity at every address.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: restored, according to the source · City Power reports full supply restored to the named affected Central Substation areas, including Marshalltown and Selby; individual address status is unverified.
Source moment: 01 Nov 2026, 07:19 UTC (09:19 local time)
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City Power reports full supply restored to the named affected Central Substation areas on 1 November.
An earlier update the same morning reported Carlton 2 and Commissioner East circuits energised during gradual reconnection.
The exact final switching time and connection total remain unknown; individual address status is unverified.
Full restoration reported for named affected areas
In its notice published at 09:19:52 SAST on 1 November, equivalent to 07:19:52 UTC, City Power reports full electricity supply restored to the affected areas. It names Marshalltown, parts of Inner City, Selby, Selby West, Selby East and Selby Central. This is the time of the operator statement, rather than a verified final switching time. The report does not cover unrelated Johannesburg interruptions.
At 08:23:35 SAST the same morning, the utility had said Central Substation reconnection in Marshalltown had begun, with Carlton 2 and Commissioner East circuits energised and gradual restoration in progress. Selby West had already been reported restored on 30 October. That earlier notice included a conditional full-restoration forecast for Monday 2 November. The newer full-restoration report supersedes that forecast as the latest operator account; no connection total or address survey is available.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Reported area
- Marshalltown, parts of Inner City, Selby, Selby West, Selby East and Selby Central; affected connection total unknown
- Operator response
- City Power reports full electricity supply restored to the named affected Central Substation areas
- Cause
- Cause of the interruption unknown; relationship between the earlier trip and later fire unresolved
- Restoration status and forecast
- Full restoration reported by City Power on 1 November; exact final switching time and individual address status unverified
Earlier trip and later fire reports
City Power placed the earlier unplanned Central Substation trip at approximately 05:20 SAST on 29 October. Operators were initially dispatched to investigate, with repairs dependent on the assessment. By 09:57 SAST, technical and protection teams were on site investigating and testing, with no current evidence of smoke reported at that time.
A later operator post reported a feederboard fire, with its team and Emergency Services on site monitoring the situation. The 30 October notice describes a flare-up shortly before midnight on 29 October. The technical continuity between the morning trip and later fire remains unresolved, as does any relationship to the separate September event. The latest restoration statement does not establish the underlying cause.
Planning essential household power
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